Harnetiaux's I WILL COME LIKE A THIEF Begins 5/13

78th Street Theatre Lab and Morning Line Productions present the world-premiere of I WILL COME LIKE A THIEF.

I WILL COME LIKE A THIEF is the co-creation of Morning Line Productions collaborators Trish Harnetiaux & Jude Domski. - the writer/director team of INSIDE A BIGGER BOX and STRAIGHT ON TIL MORNING which both received their world-premieres at the 78th Street Theatre Lab. Previews begin May 13, prior to its official press opening on May 15 at the 78th Street Theatre Lab (236 West 78th Street).

I WILL COME LIKE A THIEF investigates what happens when people are abruptly confronted with disaster and are forced to make decisions about their own survival. Eight radically different individuals learn their city is on the brink of destruction, and in that finite, precious and defining time between warning and disaster, each decides how to respond. Visually compelling and often humorous I WILL COME LIKE A THIEF probes human nature on a day that begins like any other…and then changes in an instant.

I WILL COME LIKE A THIEF's acting ensemble features Arthur Acuna, Henry Afro-Bradley, JJ Auczkiewicz, Carey Cromelin, Loris Diran, Michael Colby Jones, Corey Tazmania, and Jerry Zellers. The design team features Justin Partier (Lighting), Lex Liang (Costume), Simon Taufique (Sound), and Sarah Pearline (Set). Pearline designed the acclaimed set for Morning Line and 78th Street's last collaboration - STRAIGHT ON 'TIL MORNING.

Trish Harnetiaux's past productions at the 78th Street Theatre Lab include STRAIGHT ON 'TIL MORNING (2004), which is being published by Broadway Play Publishing (Spring 2006) and INSIDE A BIGGER BOX (2003), which also ran in Los Angeles at the Lex Theatre in Spring 2004. Additional works include: THE DORSAL STRIATUM (The Drilling Company's Revenge Series, Summer 2005), THE DRILL (or WHICH WAY OUT), and A GOPHER IN THE NINTH WARD. Harnetiaux was a 2003 finalist for the Kesselring Prize and is a member of the Dramatist Guild of America. She is currently pursuing her MFA in playwriting at Brooklyn College with Mac Wellman.

Jude Domski's recent credits include several collaborations with Harnetiaux and Morning Line Productions, THE DORSAL STRIATUM (Drilling Company), EAST VILLAGE CHRONICLES (Metropolitian Playhouse), Tommy Smith's SUNRISE (Theatre La Chappele, Montreal) and BOY STEALS TRAIN (Fringe First, Best Ensemble Award and BBC Radio). In New York, Domski has presented work at The Culture Project, HERE, Ohio's Ice Factory Festival, Nuyorican Poets Café, Clurman and Beckett Theatres. She received her MFA in Directing from the University of Washington.

78th Street Theatre Lab was established in 1978 to provide artists with a supportive workplace to create and develop unique, thought-provoking theatre. Under Artistic Director Eric Nightengale and General Manager Ruth Nightengale, previous works of the 78th Street Theatre Lab include the highly successful THE CHINESE ART OF PLACEMENT, INSIDE A BIGGER BOX, THIN WALLS, and the acclaimed Dawn Powell festival PERMANENT VISITOR. Last year's season included Trish Harnetiaux's acclaimed STRAIGHT ON 'TIL MORNING and Paul Allman's KENNETH - WHAT IS THE FREQUENCY?. 78th Street Theatre Lab opened its 2005-2006 season with Catherine Filloux's LEMKIN'S HOUSE and Jeffrey Sweet's BLUFF.

Scheduled May 13 through June 4, performances of I WILL COME LIKE A THIEF run at 78th Street Theatre Lab (236 West 78th Street), Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8pm; with added performances on Sunday, May 14 at 8pm; Monday, May 15 at 8pm; and Sunday, June 4 at 8pm. Tickets are $18 and can be reserved by calling SmartTix at 212-868-4444 or online at www.smarttix.com.

For additional information visit: www.78thStreetTheatreLab.org or www.MorningLineProductions.com.